TV.com: Grimm Season 5 Premiere Review: The Replacements

TV.com:
Grimm's appropriately timed Season 5 premiere is upon us at long last! And it.... didn't suck exactly, but it left something to be desired. A coherent plot, mostly. Also: special effects that aren't unintentionally hilarious. WTF, Grimm.

The last two seasons of Grimm have been great and, occasionally, phenomenal. NBC's Friday night champ has repeatedly proven that if you air it, nerds will come, and what started out as a twisted take on classic fairytales and legends evolved into a genuinely interesting, fully rendered fantasy world tangled hopelessly in our own. Mermaids tackled domestic abuse while werewolves talked addiction and our resident monster-slayer got everyone to sing kumbaya and hug it out. Good stuff. Grimm even managed to make professional damsel Juliette into a compelling character...